Ann Arbor woman sues bicyclist who hit her

12:31 AM,
Apr. 5, 2013

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An attorney for an Ann Arbor woman who was struck by a bicyclist while walking in a city park is calling for better safety on park paths.

Joanne Hahn, 51, a food worker at the University of Michigan, filed a lawsuit against the bicyclist. According to the suit, Hahn suffered brain damage and a herniated cervical disk when she was hit and thrown to the ground July 28. She is seeking in excess of $25,000 from bicyclist Mary Ann Hinesly, also of Ann Arbor.

"It was a Saturday morning and I was walking with my husband, Eugene, and my daughter," Hahn said Thursday. "I was in the middle, and I heard something ...